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PPL Electric Utilities GS-3 — EV fast-charging electricity cost

PPL GS-3 is the filed rate schedule ForgeAsset models for DC fast-charging sites in PPL Electric Utilities territory in Pennsylvania. Energy prices at 13.8¢/kWh flat; the demand side bills $5.47/kW of monthly peak. For one reference Supercharger site held constant across the whole library, that works out to 26.9¢/kWh per dispensed kWh — rank 26 of 86 filed tariffs (1 = least expensive).

Modeled rates

Flat bundled rate for a deregulated state: PPL's distribution charges plus its filed default-supply price, standing in for a competitive fixed supply contract — large accounts buy supply from a retail supplier, and PPL's default rate excludes accounts of Supercharger scale. Demand is billed per kW of the month's 15-minute peak with no ratchet clause. The supply benchmark resets 2026-12-01. Pennsylvania's Alternative Fuels Tax on dispensed electricity (1.72¢/kWh in 2026) is carried on the tax-profile side, not in this rate. Coverage is PPL territory; Philadelphia and its suburbs are the PECO row.

Source: PPL Electric Utilities filed rate schedule. Rates are digit-verified against the utility's own filed sheets and update within two weeks of any revision; derivations are on the methodology page.

What the reference site pays here

Reference site: 8 Tesla V4 stalls at 235 kWh/stall/day (57,183 kWh dispensed per month), a 150kW per-stall demand assumption, the model's default time-of-use mix, and a 12% loss gross-up — identical to the full utility ranking, where this tariff sits at position 26 of 86.

The rest of the Pennsylvania picture

The tariff is one layer. State taxes, incentives, clean-fuels programs, and the charging market shape the remainder — Tesla Supercharger ROI in Pennsylvania covers them, and the US Supercharger Economics Map shows every US Supercharger over utility territories colored by this same effective-cost derivation.

PPL Electric Utilities GS-3 — questions

What does PPL Electric Utilities charge for energy on GS-3?

The modeled rates are 13.8¢/kWh flat. At the model's default time-of-use mix (30% peak, 45% off-peak, 25% super-off-peak) that blends to 13.8¢/kWh.

Does GS-3 carry a demand charge?

Yes: $5.47/kW of monthly peak. For a reference 8-stall site at 150 kW per stall that comes to about $6,558 per month.

What does electricity cost per kWh dispensed on this tariff?

For the reference site — 8 Tesla V4 stalls dispensing 235 kWh per stall per day, with a 12% loss gross-up — the all-in utility cost works out to 26.9¢/kWh per dispensed kWh, rank 26 of 86 tariffs in the library (1 = least expensive).

ForgeAsset is software, not investment, tax, or legal advice — outputs are model estimates from your inputs, not guarantees. Rates current as of research; verify current terms with the utility's filed schedule before committing capital.